Mineola, NY – The Police Department’s overtime for 2016 is projected to exceed $69.9 million, by approximately $13 million, or about 23% more than budgeted. By 2016 year-end, over 30 police members are expected to earn more than $100,000 in overtime, and one police officer has already received almost $180,000 as of November 30, 2016, ...Read More...

LONG ISLAND, NY – Last year, Holiday Dream provided gifts for over 200 local children and held a “Breakfast with Santa Event” at the Coram Fire Department. On December 5th, 2016, from 6PM to Closing, a fundraising event to benefit Holiday Dream will be held at “The Grill” in Hauppauge, located on Adams Avenue. A ...Read More...

WESTBURY, NY – A popular street performer and World famous personality known simply as “The NAKED COWBOY” has signed on with BobbleBoss.com of Westbury New York to manufacture and distribute bobbleheads of the New York City icon and tourists. Local entrepreneur, Andrew Hazen, has released an announcement which he says will offer fans the chance to have ...Read More...

Mineola, NY– After review of the County’s 2017 $3.0 Billion Budget adopted by the Legislature with its various amendments, the Comptroller’s Office projects a deficit of $121.1 million on a Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) basis down from a $134.1 million deficit before the amendments. On a budgetary basis, the adopted budget contains $116.6 million ...Read More...

Mineola, NY – On Tuesday, November 15, .Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos held the Comptroller’s Business Roundtable for Minority, Women, and Veteran Business Owners, an event to boost the participation of minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses in Nassau County contracting. The Business Roundtable was held at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building at 1550 ...Read More...

Mineola, NY – Health insurance rates paid by Nassau County for its employees and retirees enrolled in the New York State Health Insurance Program (NYSHIP) will increase by a weighted average of 7.3% in 2017. The average increase of 7.3% is mainly due to increases in the individual rate of 11.2% and family rate of ...Read More...

LONG ISLAND, NY – Suffolk Federal’s Chief Financial Officer Sarah McCandless was recently honored by the Long Island Business News as one of its Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business. The awards program recognizes the Island’s top women professional leaders for their business acumen, mentoring and community involvement. McCandless was lauded for her outstanding ...Read More...

LONG ISLAND, NY – Imagine an experience where you get to meet, mix and mingle with a circle of positive, like-minded champions who share your ideas, dreams and aspirations. Well, that opportunity is presenting itself to Long Island, November 9, 2016. Secret Knock, a one-night gathering of some of the business world’s top entrepreneurs will ...Read More...

LONG ISLAND, NY – The Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau & Sports Commission (LICBVB&SC) held a launch party at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, November 2nd to announce the organization has rebranded to Discover Long Island. Long Island business and attraction owners, hoteliers, local government officials and the organization’s members ...Read More...